Grade Level: Grades 2 through 8
Science Content Standards: 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 7.3
Language Arts Content Standards: 1.2
Description: Students
will be introduced to the vocabulary used in identifying different
kinds of minerals: color, odor, hardness, luster and magnetism. Each
student will make observations about crystal shapes using hands-on
specimens. We will demonstrate the special characteristics revealed by
acid testing. Also covered is an introduction to Connecticut geology,
including where the major groups of sedimentary, igneous and
metamorphic rocks can be found. This hands-on program includes fossils.
